452 SYLVIID.E. 



After examining several hundreds of these larger "Wren- Warblers 

 I can come to no other conclusion but that there is only one species 

 throughout India, in spite of variations of colour and size. Jerdon 

 described Drymoipus sylvaticus and D. neglectus very indifferently, 

 but as both names can only apply to the present species, I have 

 adopted the first of them for it. 



Distribution. Throughout India from the Himalayas to Ceylon. 

 The western limit appears to be a line drawn from Cutch to 

 G-arhwal and the eastern the meridian of longitude passing 

 through Calcutta. 1 have seen specimens from Garhwal and 

 Kumaun, but from no other part of the Himalayas themselves. 



Habits, c. Breeds from June to September, constructing a round- 

 ish nest of grass in a bush or a clump of grass close to the ground. 

 The eggs, three to five in number, are pale greenish speckled and 

 marked with pale reddish brown ; they measure *7 by -5. 



466. Prinia inornata*. The Indian Wren- Warbler. 



Prinia inornata, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 89 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, 



p. 195 ; Oates, B. B. i, p. 114 ; id. in Humes N. fy E. 2nd ed. i, p. 301. 

 Sylvia longicaudata, Tick. J. A. S. B. ii, p. 576 (1833). 

 Prinia fusca, Hodgs. in Grays Zool. Misc. p. 82 (1844) ; id. P. Z. S. 



1845, p. 29. 

 Drymoipus inornatus (Sykes}, Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 178 ; Hume, N. fy E. 



p. 346 ; id. fy Henders. Lah. to Yark. p. 215, pi. xvii, fig. 1 ; Brooks, 



S. F. iii, p. 295, iv, p. 274 ; Anders. Yunnan Exped., Aves, p. 640 ; 



Barnes, Birds Bom,, p. 218. 

 Drymoipus longicaudatus (Tick.}, Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 180; Hume # 



Henders. Lah. to Yark. p. 215, pi. xvii, fig. 2 ; Butler 8f Hume, 



S. F. iii, p. 483. 



Drymoipus fuscus (Hodgs.\ Hume, N. $ E. p. 348. 

 Drymoipus terricolor, Hume, N. fy E. p. 349 ; Butler fy Hume, S. F. 



iii, p. 481 ; Brooks, S. F. iv, p. 229 ; Hume, S. F. iv, p. 407. 

 Drymoipus longicaudus (Tick.}, Hume, N. 8f E. p. 350. 

 Drymceca inornata (Sykes), Hume, Cat. no. 543 ; Brooks, S. F. vii, 



p. 468. 



Drymceca fusca (Hodgs.}, Hume, S. F. vii, p. 395 ; id. Cat. no. 543 bis. 

 Drymceca longicaudata (Tick.), Hume, Cat. no. 544. 



The Common Wren- Warbler ; The Long-tailed Wren- Warbler, Jerd. ; 

 Lota-kun-jitta, Tel. ; Niong-pho, Lepch. 



Coloration. In summer the whole upper plumage is earthy brown, 

 each feather with a darker centre ; the wings and tail edged with 

 pale fulvous, the latter cross-rayed ; lores brown ; a supercilium 

 from the nostrils to just behind the eye, and a ring round the eye 

 pale fulvous-white ; ear-coverts and under the eye pale brown ; the 

 whole lower plumage pale buff, the thighs conspicuously darker 

 than the other parts ; lower aspect of tail whitish, with narrow, ill- 

 defined, and frequently obsolete subterminal brown spots. 



In winter the upper plumage is fulvous-brown, the crown indis- 

 tinctly streaked with brown ; wings dark brown, edged with rufous ; 



* I cannot identify Prinia adamsi, Jerdon (Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 170 ; Blanford, 

 Ibis, 1872, p. 84; Hume, N. $ E. p. 335 ; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 215). 



